I would love to do this, but I'm absolutely no programmer. I once read a book about JavaScript and after the first 2 pages it vanished into oblivion... But if somebody would like to do this and needs help that needs no programming or editing code, I would give my help.
Carlos 2012/3/5 Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net>: > On 03/05/2012 07:13 AM, Carlos Fiyero wrote: >> >> Today it is possible to write IPA phonetic symbols by keyboard in the >> special IPA-mode. But therefore you have to know what symbol is on >> what key. And I'm not sure, if really all symbols are available there. >> I think it would be a great idea to have a toolbar with the IPA >> phonetic symbols; similar to the toolbar with the greek alphabet. So >> that the user can click on them to type them. They should be grouped >> (with a vertiacl line between the groups) by consonants, vowels, >> suprasegmentals,... And the order in these groups should be the >> official order (e.g. in consonants first all plosives, then all >> nasals, then trills,...) >> >> For an overview of all needed symbols and their categorization see e.g. >> http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm >> or >> http://weston.ruter.net/projects/ipa-chart/view/keyboard/ >> >> I think, it would be a great improvement of LyX if it has such a >> toolbar that the use can display when needed. > > We'd welcome this, and it's something you could do yourself and contribute > to LyX. If you find the file stdtoolbars.inc on your system, you can open it > in > a text editor and start exploring. The syntax is pretty straightforward. All > you then have to do is define a new toolbar of your own and post the result > here once it's working. > > Richard >
